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Title: Chocolate Cappuccino Cheesecake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 1 Cheesecake
1 c Chocolate wafer crumbs
1/4 c Butter; softened
2 tb Sugar
1/4 ts Cinnamon
24 oz Cream cheese;
- room temperature
1 c Sugar
3 lg Eggs
8 oz Semi-sweet chocolate
2 tb Whipping cream
1 c Sour cream
1/4 ts Salt
2 ts Instant espresso coffee;
- dissolved in:
1/4 c Water; hot
1/4 c Coffee liqueur
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Whipping cream
2 tb Powdered sugar
2 tb Coffee liqueur
Combine chocolate wafer crumbs, butter, sugar, and cinnamon, mixing
well. Butter sides and bottom of 8" springform pan. Press crumb
mixture into pan. Set aside.
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually add sugar, mixing until
well blended. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat at low speed until very
smooth.
Melt chocolate with cream over boiling water, stirring until
smooth. Add to cheese mixture, blending well. Add sour cream, salt,
coffee, liqueur, and vanilla, beating until smooth.
Turn into prepared pan. Bake in center of oven at 350°F for
45 minutes, or until sides are puffed. Center will be soft but will
firm up with chilled. Turn oven off; leave door ajar. Allow cake to
cool in oven for 45 minutes. Cover and chill for 12 hours. Remove
sides of pan.
Whip cream with powdered sugar and liqueur. Garnish cake with
mounds of whipped cream and chocolate leaves or chocolate espresso
beans (optional).
Posted by: Sam Waring <
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